Government Petitions

[Timsta]

No 10 has had this petition system online for a while now: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk

Out of all the petitions I've signed I can't think of 1 that they have actually implemented.

Does anyone have any examples of petitions that they have taken notice of?


(not holding my breath)

[Glassman]

All a waste of time imo and the gov probably use them to group individuals and earmark them for lube-less anal penetration in some way

[ShadownINja]

I told you this a year ago. Best petition them about ignoring petitions.

[Mclovin]

for every action of this government, think of money in a bucket with a hole in the end....like alot of government action this petition site is merely to provide nonjobs....

[Albert Bridge]

Petition now put forward:

Please click on the link below to confirm that you wish theNumber 10 website to display the petition at the bottom of thisemail in your name. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Ignoring/DHcsgsBA...

Your petition reads: We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop ignoringall the popular petitions. I can not think of a single petition that has been implemented.This petition is hereby instigated to ensure that thegovernment stops paying lip servive, and starts payingattention. Thank you for submitting your petition.

[ShadownINja]

Brilliant.

[FourWheelDrift]

Putting your name on a No10 petition just gets a little star put alongside your name on the governments national identity register database. For future use only, it'll flash up with extra forms to fill out if you should ever require anything.

[Turbo5]

The tax relief on nursery vouchers was sort of overturned, but not the 40% tax bracket relief.

[Uncle Fester]

I think the purpose of this site has more to do with giving the electorate an illusion of power.

When a person feels strongly about an issue it provides a satisfaction that 'you've done something about it'.

This can reduce the motivation to take other action.

This is advantageous to the government. It is far cheaper to send an email in response to a petitioner than to Police a demonstration.

You always get a patronizing explanation why they're going to do exactly what they originally intended.

But not for some time. This often allows consultation periods to expire, or reduce numbers on marches.

By making support for issues more defuse it makes it appear less. This enhances their control.

[Fittster]

Forget the internet, blogs and petitions aren't going to change the world, you're still going to have to get off the sofa and storm the palace.

[Langweilig]

Timsta said:

No 10 has had this petition system online for a while now: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk

Out of all the petitions I've signed I can't think of 1 that they have actually implemented.

Does anyone have any examples of petitions that they have taken notice of?


(not holding my breath)

You may not be the only one who's having this problem. I scrolled through the guestbook on Grumpyoldsod.com and found this.

"Visitor Comments: So not only is Brown a (did you see his fancy outfit for Afghanistan? impressive and a masterful demo of his "courage") but he's got his oiks into the epetitions site rejecting any that take issue with his branding of people who dont follow his particular beliefs, ie, global b warming.
I refer of course to the one eyed oafs latest display of "tough guy" posturing whereby he calls the electorate names, such as "deniers" "anti science" and "flat earthers".

Anyway, back to the epetitions site.
They keep changing reasons for rejecting petitions, such as saying that its libellous, defamatory or false ( huh? me? never! all i did was repeat browns charge and demanded an apology) so they rejected that one.
I resubmitted it with the majority of the stuff removed and rejected it again they did.

This time they said it duplicated another petition...does not.
They just dont like having their slug of a leader put in a position of having to back down in the face of public opinion.
Too bad, public opinion will condemn him to the in the new year and i'll be one of those taking a on him and his party of communist slags."

Edited by Langweilig on Sunday 10th January 22:52

Edited by Langweilig on Sunday 10th January 22:53

[Mclovin]

come on.....please no one visit this site, its a complete waste of public money and it has absolutely no benefit to anyone....

[Road Pest]

I couldn't find the one asking for the PM to resign the other day. I thought they were kept for a while after they were finished?

[AndrewW-G]

Most of the "get rid of winky" / "we want an election" type petitions get binned by the sites admin

[Uhura_Fighter]

Mclovin said:

come on.....please no one visit this site, its a complete waste of public money and it has absolutely no benefit to anyone....

this one too

[Road Pest]

AndrewW-G said:

Most of the "get rid of winky" / "we want an election" type petitions get binned by the sites admin

Yeah but it had 70,000 or so names didn't it?